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The federal government is expected to discuss the possible imposition of emergency or governor’s rule in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa at a crucial meeting in Islamabad today, chaired by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. The high-level meeting is expected to review the province’s security and political situation, with a possible decision on the way forward. Senior military officers are also likely to attend the meeting. The federal government and the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) are at odds over several issues, including the party’s long march and security challenges in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. According to sources,…

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Fourteen-year-old Eden suffered a broken jaw and multiple smashed teeth when he was struck by a tear gas canister directed towards him at close ​range by a police officer last week during student protests in France, his parents and family lawyer said. The teenager had been sitting on a wall looking at his phone metres away from the ‌protest in Saint-Ouen-l’Aumône, the lawyer said. An officer approached him and struck him with a baton, prompting Eden to respond with a kick, according to the local prosecutor. A second officer then…

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A Saudi-led coalition has launched large-scale military operations against Yemen’s Houthi rebels, targeting their ballistic missile network and rocket launch platforms, as the United Nations warned that the country had slipped back into “full-scale war”. Coalition spokesman Maj-General Turki Al Maliki said on Friday that the strikes targeted Houthi capabilities and included the destruction of three rocket launch platforms. “We are working to dismantle and destroy the ballistic missile network of the terrorist Houthi militia,” Al Maliki said in a post on X, accompanied by footage of the air strikes.…

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Police in the Indian capital ​, Delhi, detained the founder ‌of the Cockroach Janta Party, Abhijeet Dipke, on Saturday, ​ahead of a protest ​called by the youth ⁠movement demanding the resignation ​of the country’s chief ​election commissioner, the party said. TV channels reported earlier that police officers ​met Dipke at ​the Delhi airport after he arrived ‌from ⁠the financial capital, Mumbai, and asked him to call off the protest ​as authorities ​had ⁠banned it. CJP leaders Saurav Das and ​Ashutosh Ranka were also ​detained ⁠from their flight upon landing, the…

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US tech billionaire Elon Musk has escalated his public feud with India’s leading industrialist Mukesh Ambani over delays in launching Starlink satellite internet services in India, sarcastically calling the Reliance Industries chairman “Prime Minister Ambani” and accusing him of seeking to protect a monopoly. In a series of posts on X on Friday and Saturday, the SpaceX and Starlink chief questioned whether Ambani was the “real boss of India” and urged him to allow Starlink to compete in the country. “Please accept my humble apologies for not realising that you…

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In a burst of anti-Somali and anti-Muslim rhetoric, President Donald Trump ​cast the Somali American community as a threat to Minnesota, hours after he labelled Muslim ‌US Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed a radical extremist. “The once Great State of Minnesota is being taken over by Somali Immigrants. There is Violence, Murder, and Mayhem all over the State. The people of Minnesota must fight back,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform on Thursday. Trump urged ​authorities in Minnesota to ask for federal intervention. Civil rights advocates have criticised the Republican…

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Central Delhi was sealed on Saturday, with thousands of police and ‌paramilitaries on patrol, metro stations shut, mobile internet suspended, and markets closed to guard against a youth protest demanding India’s chief election officer quit. The protest, called by the “Cockroach” youth movement, hopes to draw thousands of demonstrators who want Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar to quit over a revision of ​voter lists that critics say favours Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party. Touted by the organisers as a protest ​to “Save Democracy”, it aims to be the…

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A magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck southern Panama on Friday, damaging buildings and sending ​thousands into the streets, but the country appeared to escape widespread destruction or deaths. The US Geological Survey said the earthquake hit at ‌a depth of 12.6 km, with an epicentre in a sparsely populated area about 200km from the capital, and that some casualties were possible. In the following hours, even as more than 40 aftershocks rattled the isthmus nation, the Panama Canal and Cobre Panama copper mine reported normal operations, and the Tocumen International Airport…

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BTS leader RM has urged fans to respect the group’s privacy after crowds gathered outside their hotel in Lima, Peru, prompting members of the ARMY fandom to call for greater consideration of the band and other hotel guests. The appeal came as BTS visited Peru for the first time, with the group scheduled to perform three shows at Estadio San Marcos on October 7, 9 and 10 as part of its ARIRANG world tour. In a message shared on the day of the first concert, RM said the members and…

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US President Donald Trump has said that Washington may take action against Iran, claiming that Tehran is in a dire situation militarily and economically, but offered no details about possible steps or a timeline. Asked on Friday why a US response might be delayed until after the November 3 midterm elections rather than being carried out immediately, Trump said, “We may. We will see.” “But I think that they’re failing badly. Their country is failing badly. Their military is defeated. They have no navy. They have no air force. They…

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